Billups had his ups an downs last season before getting injured, and there are still lingering concerns about Billups’ age and health. It remains to be seen how well he will fit in with the CP3-Blake Griffin (and DeAndre Jordan?) nucleus.

Still, none of this means Billups isn’t a winner, that he can’t make clutch threes, or that he won’t provide veteran leadership that is sorely needed in LA. (No, Vinnie Del Negro isn’t providing any from the sideline, and CP3 can only do so much.)

Caron Butler is Good Again

As with Billups, there was a time when Caron Butler was an All-Star and one of the top small forwards in the NBA. But Butler has been an underrated piece of the successes the Clips have had this year. In my viewings on League Pass, it’s clear that Tough Juice knows his role, and plays it well. He makes the open threes, and intimidates on D.